What is Women’s and Gender Studies?
Women’s and Gender Studies examines the contributions, perspectives, experiences, roles, and status of individuals within an historical and multicultural framework. Challenging stereotypes, our students explore the ways gender, socioeconomic class, sexual identity, race, ethnicity and age shape experience. Students are encouraged to explore female behavior and the realities of women’s lives, and to examine how femininity and masculinity are socially and culturally molded rather than determined by biology alone.Featured Course:
How are Women portrayed in Film?
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News
Events
April 2
Fireside Chat
WGST Graduate Student Panel
5:00 p.m., Colson Hall, Room 130
April 12
Honors & Awards Ceremony
6:00-8:00 p.m., Mountaineer Room, Mountainlair
April 18
Mohindar Singh Seehra Lecture:
Leading an "Integrated" Life: Relational and Reflective Communication Practices
presented by Dr. Erica Kirby
4:00 p.m., Shenandoah Room, Mountainlair
April 19
Faculty lunch with Dr. Erika Kirby
11:30 a.m., LGBTQ Center
April 22
The 5th Annual Lavender Graduation
3:00 p.m. Mountainlair Ballrooms
April 24
Women's & Gender Studies Fair
3:00-6:00 p.m., Mountainlair Ballrooms
Scholarships Awarded
At the annual Honors and Awards Ceremony on April 12, The Center for Women's & Gender Studies recognized the Outstanding Senior and Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, and five scholarships were awarded.
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